Guard for cuff-buttons.



R. H. STEVENS. GUARD ron CU'FF BUTTONS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16, 1916- 1 1 6,5 1 U. Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

. a e entre PATENT FEM ROBERT H. STEVENS, OFNEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

' GUARD non CUFF-BUTTONS;

Application filed August 16, 191.6. Serial No. 115,196.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT H. STEvENs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Guard for Gulf-Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for cuff buttons, collar buttons and the like, and has for its object to provide a safety guard of simple construction to be ap plied to the shank of the cuff button to prevent the accidental loss or shifting of the button when once it is attached in place.

A further object of my guard is to provide a device that will hold the on]? button absolutely firm thereby making it impossible for the guard to work its way through the buttonhole with the head of the culf button.

A further object is to provide a hump on my guard which will act as a look when the guard is attached to a oufl' button.

A further object is to provide a safety guard that is neat in appearance, inexpensive to manufacture and that can be quickly applied to the button shank for holding the button in place and as quickly removed therefrom.

With these and other objects in view safety guard which will appear as the description pro-.

ceeds my invention consists in the peculiar construction of parts as hereinafter pointed out and particularly set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate my invention Figure 1, is a plan view of my cuifbutton guard.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my applied to the shank of one button.

Fig. 3, is a view showing the same applied to the button hole of a cuff and Fig. 4, is a sectional view on line ab of Fig. 1 (this view could be varied to a side elevation if found desirable.)

My cuff button guard is preferably made from a single piece of resilient wire. The wire used may be of any particular kind that is found most desirable and may be of any preferred shape in cross section. Usually the ordinary round wire is employed.

In the drawing the numeral 1, designates the ring like base portion of the guard which rests against the garment around the button hole through which the shank of the button guard form of cuflpasses. At the entrance point 2 the strands of wire are bent inwardly in substantially parallel relation to a point near the center of the ring where the shank holding loops 3 are formed. Beyond the shank holding loop the strands are extended in substantially overlapping relation as at f thereby forming a floating loop? One of the said strands 5 is extended in a return bend and ends in a retaining hump 6 and curl 7. Said retaining hump 6 which is carried by said floating loop overlies the inwardly bent strands and projects in front of the shank holding loops 3. In this position it will be closely observed that the hump 6 acts as a lock for holding the guard to the shank of the button. The curl 7 is bent downward sufficiently so that the end of the wire will not engage clothing with which it comes in contact. The opposite end of the wire is curled as at 8 about the strands at or near the return bend 5. The curl 8 is also bent so as to protect that end of the wire against engagement of clothing.

In use the parallel strands are sprung apart by inserting the shank of the button between the same and pushing the guard on until the shank of the button by forcing the curl and hump portions laterally seats itself securely between the holding loops 3. The return of the hump portion in front of the shank renders it impossible for the cuff button becoming accidentally detached from the igluard and consequently from the button ole.

By constructing my guard of a single piece of wire the device is exceedingly simple and can be made at a small cost since the use of connected parts and soldered joints is entirely eliminated.

My guard may be used with any form of end button or collar button and also with any form of cuff whether between the layers thereof or outside adjacent to the head of the button.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention except as pointed out in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A safety guard for cufl'buttons comprising a base formed of a loop of wire, a floating loop within said base having an entrance for a cuff button shank, and a finger carried by said guard for looking a cuff button shank within said floating loop, substantially as described.

2. A safety guard for cuff buttons comprising a base formed of a loop of Wire, a floating loop'Within said base having an entrance for a cuif button shank, and a locking finger carried by said .floating loop for guarding said entrance, substantially as described.

safety guard for cuff buttons comprising a base formed of a circular piece of Wire, a fioating loop Within said base and concentric therewith, said loop having an entrance for a cufi button shank, and retaining finger carried by said loop and adjacent one side thereof for guarding said shank entrance, substantially as described.

4. A safety guard for cuff buttons formed from a single piece of Wire, said guard having a circular base, a floating loop Within said base having means for holding a cult button shank, one side of said loop being extended to form a locking finger for guarding the entrance to said floating loop, substantially as described.

5. A safety guard for cuff buttons formed from a single piece of wire, said guard having a circular base, a floating loop within said base having an entrance for a culf button shank, and resilient finger adjacent one side of said loop and carried thereby for locking therein said cuff button shank, the ends of the Wire being provided with protecting curls, substantially as described.

ROBERT H. STEVENS. Witness:

DAVID LOUIS LEVIN.

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